Beard, Travis R.

Birth:	Nov. 16, 1838 Fort Bend County, Texas
Death:	Sep. 28, 1880 Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas
Burial:  Feris Family Cemetery              Fort Bend County, Texas
Military Service: Enlisted March 26, 1862 Richmond, Texas                             First Lieutenant (at the time of capture),  24th Texas Cavalry (Wilkes')                             (2nd Texas Lancers)                                                                                                         Promoted to Captain                             A resident of Big Creek, Texas at the time of release.  Age 26.                             Captured at Arkansas Post, January 11, 1863                             Did not escape from the Maple Leaf.                             Released on oath June 16, 1865, from Johnson's Island, Ohio by                             Special Order 6/195.

CONFEDERATE TEXAS TROOPS

24th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Wilkes') (2nd Texas Lancers)
Overview:

24th Cavalry Regiment [also called 2nd Texas Lancers] completed its organization during the late spring of 1862. Men of this unit were recruited in Nueces, Comanche, Waller, Montgomery, and Karnes counties. It was soon dismounted and sent to Arkansas. Here the regiment was captured at Arkansas Post in January, 1863. After being exchanged, it was consolidated with the 17th, 18th, and 25th Texas Cavalry Regiments (dismounted) and assigned to Deshler's, J.A. Smith's, and Granbury's Brigade. This command fought with the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Atlanta, endured Hood's winter operations in Tennessee, and ended the war in North Carolina. The 24th was organized with about 900 men and reported 54 casualties of the 587 engaged at Arkansas Post. The 17th/18th/24th/25th reported 200 disabled at Chickamauga and totaled 690 men and 520 arms in December, 1863. Few surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels William A. Taylor and Franklin C. Wilkes, and Lieutenant Colonels Robert R. Neyland and Patrick H. Swearingen.

Johnson’s Island, located in Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie was chosen as the site for the Union depot of captured Confederate officers in late 1861.

Papers for Widows Pension Mr. Callie Beard: 

Personal Information

Physical Description: Height- 5'9"

                                    Eyes:  Hazel

                                    Hair: Dark

                                    Complexion:  Dark

Marriage:  15 December 1866

                  Colorado County, Texas

                  Callie Garner

 

Sources:  Soldiers and Sailors Database,  http://www.nps.gov/civilwar

                Ancestry.com,  http://www.ancestry.com
                Escape from the Maple Leaf, Col. Jerry V. Witt, USA Retired

                Find-A-Grave, http://www.findagrave.com 

             Johnson's Island Civil War Military Prison,   http/www/johnsons-island.org